Tuesday 30 August 2016

Watching Edie by Camilla Way Book Review



BLURB:

THERE ARE SOME FRIENDS YOU’LL NEVER FORGET…
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY
BEFORE
Edie is the friend that Heather has always craved. But one night, it goes terrifyingly wrong. And what started as an innocent friendship ends in two lives being destroyed.
AFTER
Sixteen years later, Edie is still rebuilding her life. But Heather isn’t ready to let her forget so easily. It’s no coincidence that she shows up when Edie needs her most.
NOW
Edie or Heather?
Heather or Edie?
Someone has to pay for what happened, but who will it be?

MY THOUGHTS
I heard great things about Watching Edie and I was desperate to read it, but I’ve got such a huge pile of books to read at home that I thought it would take a good few months to get round to it. Then a friend highly recommended it to me, saying that she had read it in just two days, which was a new record for her; I was won over by her enthusiasm for the book and it went straight to the top of my reading list, and I haven’t regretted it.
            Watching Edie is a truly dark tale, about two best friends, Heather and Edie. Camilla weaves an intricate plot surrounding the two characters and we soon delve into a darker world that isn’t just about the friendship between two girls. As another layer of their friendship is peeled back, you are left hanging on the edge of your seat, desperate for the next valuable piece of information.
The story is set over two time lines, the present, when Edie is heavily pregnant and living alone at her apartment in London, and back to the summer when the girls were sixteen, the year they first met. Edie is drawn to Heather because of her uniqueness and Heather is equally drawn to Edie. Throughout the novel there is always a sense of foreboding which keeps the reader turning the pages, I was desperate to find out what had happened in the girl’s past and when the truth was revealed, I was left reeling. I am still thinking about Watching Edie now and what perhaps lies ahead for the characters of the book in the future. If you’re looking for a gripping thriller that will grab you by the throat and won’t let go, this is a book for you. Camilla Way is certainly an author to watch.
PUBLISHER: HARPER COLLINS
PUBLICATION DATE: 28th July 2016
PRINT LENGTH: 304 PAGES
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Watching-Edie-unsettling-psychological-thriller/dp/0008159017/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1472586596&sr=1-1&keywords=Watching+Edie

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